Left Side of the Aisle #56

Left Side of the Aisle for May 10-16, 2012

This week:
 
Bad news and good news on same-sex marriage
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-gay-marriage-20120509,0,1850058.story
http://www.dailytarheel.com/index.php/article/2012/05/4fa9ef88d090a
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Proposition_8_%282008%29
 
Possible plot to attack US airliner
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/09/us-usa-security-plot-idUSBRE8471AX20120509
http://www.stltoday.com/news/national/double-agent-was-key-to-halting-plot/article_787d158c-de0c-5291-9081-7c2c069a8120.html

Outrage of the Week: Obama administration wants to conceal evidence of torture from military tribunal
http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2012/05/03/obama-administration-moves-to-censor-torture-testimony-from-911-suspects/
http://www.aclu.org/files/assets/aclu_motion_for_public_access_5_2_12.pdf
http://www.bendbulletin.com/article/20120507/NEWS0107/205070322/
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/05/08/messy-legal-rules-and-procedures-make-khalid-sheikh-mohammed-trial-doubtful.html

Update on CISPA
http://www.cinemablend.com/games/ACTA-Gets-Killed-Score-Partial-Win-Internet-42194.html
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-cispa-hit-with-veto-threat-prior-to-friday-vote-in-the-house-20120426,0,2584558.story?track=rss
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/cispa-whos-for-it-whos-against-it-and-how-it-could-affect-you/2012/04/27/gIQA5ur0lT_story.html
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120427/08375418687/did-cispa-actually-get-better-before-passing-not-really.shtml
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120426/14505718671/insanity-cispa-just-got-way-worse-then-passed-rushed-vote.shtml
http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/225607-senate-dems-revamping-cybersecurity-bill-

Economy: Austerity and responding to the Ryan budget, which isn't one
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2012/05/02/bloomberg_articlesM3DY0T1A74E901-M3E5S.DTL
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/07/us-eurozone-idUSBRE8460N420120507?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=408
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/greece-at-new-risk-of-being-pushed-off-euro/2012/05/07/gIQAD9z18T_story.html
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/they-see-london-they-see-france-but.html
http://www.lakewyliepilot.com/2012/05/04/1523855/april-jobs-report-suggests-slowing.html
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/gdp-growth
http://www.correntewire.com/the_overton_window_illustrated